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She hired some gorilla as her bodyguard.
the loan shark sent a couple of gorillas to “convince” him to pay up
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Competing products are likely to find that Sora Turbo becomes the 600-pound gorilla and the elephant in the room.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Right now in Kigali, an exciting food scene is growing, fueled in part by the moneyed travelers who pass through on their way to the country’s pricey lodges for gorilla trekking.
—Sarah Khan, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Dec. 2024
The female gorilla, Eyare, had been roaming between different rooms in the zoo's gorilla enclosure on Nov. 12 when a member of her care team activated a hydraulic door, Colleen Baird, director of animal care, health and welfare at the Calgary Zoo, said in a Wednesday statement.
—Gabriella Rudy, NBC News, 26 Nov. 2024
The reserve was meant to provide protection to the region’s several endangered species, including the Cross River gorilla, one of the world’s rarest great apes.
—Saint Ekpali, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2024
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Right now in Kigali, an exciting food scene is growing, fueled in part by the moneyed travelers who pass through on their way to the country’s pricey lodges for gorilla trekking.
—Sarah Khan, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Dec. 2024
The female gorilla, Eyare, had been roaming between different rooms in the zoo's gorilla enclosure on Nov. 12 when a member of her care team activated a hydraulic door, Colleen Baird, director of animal care, health and welfare at the Calgary Zoo, said in a Wednesday statement.
—Gabriella Rudy, NBC News, 26 Nov. 2024
The reserve was meant to provide protection to the region’s several endangered species, including the Cross River gorilla, one of the world’s rarest great apes.
—Saint Ekpali, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Gorilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gorilla. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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gorilla
noun
go·ril·la
gə-ˈril-ə 
: a typically black ape of equatorial Africa that is much larger but stands less erect than the related chimpanzee
Etymology
derived from Greek Gorillai, a name used by ancient explorers for what they thought was a tribe of hairy women in Africa
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